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Johnnyo's Westside Raw Journal

2010 - Been a rough year so far. In January changed jobs and moved and new role in the company has been stressfull. Now its August and I've reawakened my training with more determination then ever. Work is going great and family life is great, throw in some training consistency and I'm set.

Felt really weak, my holiday vacation and poor eating took its toll. Once I was through with the goodmornings I felt a lot better. My wife got one of those Magic Bullets (as seen on tv) and I made a protein shake with it, its fast and super easy to clean, I'd recommend it to anyone.

1/4/09 - ME Bench

Wow, was tired but today's workout was much better than yesterday. Thats the most effort I've put into a bench workout in a long time! I only did one set of dips, I was tore up and couldn't do anymore.

i mostly train wide stance for squats. on occasion i do ATG do hit my quads a little harder. my DL stance has always been conventional, don't think i'll make the switch to sumo for a while, need to get my hips stronger first.

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Just a quick shot of my garage gym and my homemade reverse hyper in action. works pretty good considering it only cost me $60. Still waiting on my after christmas presents to be delivered from elitefts, bands, new belt and foam roller!

Good set up! Thats a good idea on the reverse hyper, but is enough padding? The real pad cuts into me bad enough, but that looks a tad more brutal lol

i put some foam pipe insulation on the edge and it took all the pain away, then throw some towels on it so I don't get splinters and i'm in business. my next project is to get some foam and vinyl and make a nice cushion for the top.

nice workouts man, looking good. i'm curious, why do you add a belt so early on squats? just personal preference?

Thanks! I guess its more personal preference. I don't use it in my warmup, only my work sets. I don't mention it but I also usually always wear a loose fitting squat suit with the straps down for my works sets too. I practice my breathing technique with the belt on every rep. I want it to be second nature when I strap big weights on my back.

I'm stoked today, I signed up for the USPF Texas Championships for March 21st. Going to be my first full powerlifting meet. My lifting buddies in OK are going to come down and enter the meet as well and help me out. I can't wait, going to order my new Inzer Hardcore today!